Holding device



H; R. SEGAL HOLDING DEVICE April. 5, 1938.

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Patented Apr. 51938 I g v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOLDING DEVICE Hyman R. Segal, New York, N. Y. Application January 1s,1934, Serial No. 707,096

14 Claims. (Cl. 206-16) The present invention has to do with a conasuitable electrically controlled incandescent tainer adapted for use inconnection with the lamp or the like carried by the cover. displaying ofmerchandise or adapted for use as a The invention has as a furtherobject to procosmetic storing receptacle. vide a' compact-receivingdevice having a cover The invention has as one object the provisioncarrying a mirror and illuminating means, the

5 of a display receptacle or container comprising a illuminating meansbeing disposed in an electrihingedly and normally-concealed articlecarrycal circuit rendered ineffective or disabled upon ing tray adaptedto be lifted to an inclined posithe closing of the cover. tion orlowered to a horizontal position upon the Other objects, features andadvantages of m manipulation of the cover of the casing or hous theinvention may be better understood from the ing of the receptacle orcontainer. several embodiments hereinafter specifically de- Theinvention has as another object the proscribed and although suchembodiments are vision of a receptacle including a hingedly conmerelydescribed as illustrative of the invention nected normally concealedtray adapted to be and not to be considered as limitations thereon,

first liftedirom a horizontal to an inclined posithe invention itselfwill be better understood 15 tion upon lifting of the closure or coverof the from a consideration of such specific proceedings casing of thereceptacle or container and subseand teachings thereof and for thispurpose and to quently held in an inclined position by means aid thefollowing specific description, reference is independent of the cover.made to the accompanying drawings in which:-

The invention has as another object the provi- Fig. 1 is an open planview of the display device sion of a normally concealed articlesupporting according to the invention. tray adapted to be exposed uponthe actuation of Fig. 2 is a section taken in the line 2-2 of a cover orclosure of a display device whereby the Fig. 1. articles of the tray maybe easily viewed and Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but illustratingreadily inspected. the cover closed.

The invention has as a further object the provi- Fig. 4 is a fragmentaryview of the display desion of a display container and/or compact reviceshowing the housing or casing in section and ceiving device having anormally swingable conthe tray in elevation and held in an inclinedpocealed article supporting tray and a normally sition by meansindependent of the cover. concealed article supporting slidable draweror Fig. 5 is a fragmentary section taken along the 30 tray both adaptedto be brought from their conline 5-5 of 3. cealed positions to positionswhere they may Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view of a disbe easilyand quickly accessible outside of the play device which may be used as acompact and limits of the display container or compact rewhich has itscover shown open and the tray ceiving device upon raising of the closureof the held raised by the cover. 35

housing or casing of the display container or Fig. 7 is a verticalelevation view of the incompact receiving device. side of the covershown raised in Fig. 6.

The invention has as a further object to simul- Fig. 8 is a sectiontaken on the line 88 of taneously conceal a liftable and hingedly con-Fig. 7. nected tray and a horizontally slidable drawer or Fig. 9 is. asection taken on the line 9-9 of 0 tray from an accessible position toan inacces- Fig. 7. sible position upon lowering of the closure of aFig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 6 but showing casing or housing inwhich both of'the trays are the cover closed.

normally concealed and housed or confined. Fig. 11 is a section alongthe line I l-ll of The invention further comprehends as an ob- Fig. 8.45 ject the provision of acosmetic holding device or Fig. 12 shows atransverse section of another compact having an improved cover carryinga form of compact or display device. reflector or mirror adapted to beilluminated Fig. 13 is a longitudinal view of the form subsequent toraising of the cover which in turn shown in Fig. 12 illustrating thecasing with the operates to displace article supporting means. covertherefor partly opened and with the tiltable 50 The invention has as afurther object the proviand liftable tray removed to show the interiorsion of a relatively large compact holding device mechanism foractuating the article supporting having a closure carrying an inwardlydisposed slidable drawer or tray. mirror adapted to be indirectlyilluminated by an Fig. 14 is a transverse sectional view of thearcuately disposed reflector rendered effective by embodiment shown inFig. 12, however illustrat- 55 ing the tray and drawer concealed whenthe cover is closed, and

Fig. 15 is a sectional view taken on the line |5|5 of Fig. 14. I

In all of the forms illustrated the article or compact receiving devicecomprises an enclosure or housing generally designated l0. The housingconsists of two complementary sections, to wit,

.hingedly connected thereto.

a casing II and aswingable closure or cover I 2 The casing and coverhave a rectangular form as'shown. Other forms may be employed within theprovince of the invention.

The casing comprises a front wall l3, a. back wall I4, side walls l5 andI6 and a common bot-- tom wall II. All of these walls may be suitablyconnected to form a unitary or one piece instrumentality or casing. Thewalls of the casing may be made of celluloid, Bakelite or equivalentsthereof and cast in one piece. Or alternatively, the casing and covermay each be of a suitable heavy paper or cardboard suitably foldedtogether as is well understood.

The upper portions of the front wall and sides of the casing areappropriately rabbeted or attenuated to provide a stop shoulder 8 whilethe rear wall is provided with a pair of spaced verticially disposednotches or recesses l9 and 20 to swingably accommodate the cam shapedand spaced ears or lugs 2| and 22 respectively depending from blocks 23and 24 suitably disposed in the rear inner corner portions of the coverwhich comprises an upper wall 25 from which integrally depends theperipheral marginal rim 26 which, when the cover is lowered, embracesthe attenuated upper part of the housing and which is limited in itsdownward movement or displacement by the stop shoulder l8. If desired,the cover may be cast in one piece of any appropriate material or it iswithin the teachings of the present disclosure to have the cover of asuitable paper or cardboard. If. of cardboard or paper, the blocks 23and 24 may be attached to the inner corner portion of the cover suchthat their lower lugs or cam shaped ears extend beyond the rim of thecover. Ears 2| and 22 are pivotally and loosely mounted on fixed pins as28 suitably fastened to the rear wall of the casing.

Attached to each block by a fastening member, such as a bolt or screw29, is a rectilinear arm as 30 which is in the form of a strip of metalhaving a width substantially greater than its thickness and includes alower portion extending considerably beyond or overhanging an adjacentear or lugs and the ends'of these lower portions are bent forwardly andupwardly to form lip portions as 3| for a purpose hereinafter more fullyset forth.

Pivotedizo the front portion of the spaced sides of the casing is aliftable tray broadly denoted 32. This tray'comprises a one piece memberhaving a front wall 33, side walls 34, 35 and an article supportingcommon interconnecting wall 36. Extending laterally and outwardly fromeach side of the liftable tray is a flange 31 from each of which dependsa downwardly disposed plate 38 which extends below the articlesupporting wall 36 of the tray and serves as means to limit downwardmovement of the tray relative to the bottom wall I! of the casing ii. I

Appropriately attached to each of the inner faces of the spaced plates38 of the tray is a laterally disposed and inwardly and transverselyextending rail as 39 and the forward ends of each of the plates 38 attheir upper portions are provided with elongatedslots 40 looselyreceiving pins as 4| overhanging the inner side wall of the casing andsuitably secured thereto.

In the closed position of the cover, lips 3| are below the side rails38. As the cover is raised, these lips are also raised such that theirfree terminal portions first abut the rails and as the cover is swungfurther away from the casing, the outer faces of lips ride along theunderfaces of the rails, consequently causing the end of the traynearest the closure to be correspondingly raised. The end of the traynearest the front wall of the casing however is pivoted on thestationary pins 48. It is thus seen that as the cover is swungcompletely to its full open position, the article supporting tray hasone end raised such that it may be held in a tilted position by the lips3 The latter for purposes of description may be considered as cam meansemployed in elevating or lowering the tray upon the actuation of thecover.

As illustrated in Fig. 2, the tray is in a tilted position and held insuch position by the lips 3|. This tray may be also held in atiltedposition without the aid of these lips. To this end, the tray is swungforwardly as to be disposed substantially vertically and subsequentlypositioned such that the fixed pins 4| are at the upper portions of theslots 40 (see Fig. 4). In this position the forward edge 42 of the trayabuts the inner face of the front wall I3 of the casing and the tray isconsequently held in a tilted position without support by the cams orlips 3| of the spaced arms 30.

As shown in Fig. 1, the tray is provided with a transverse slot 43adapted to receive the guard 44 of a safety razor to preventdisplacement of the latter. Of course, the tray may support otherarticles of merchandise, as for example, a pack age of blades disposedbetween suitable struck out flanges as 46. If desired, the tray may beutilized to support a variety of kinds of cosmetics as well as otherarticles.

In the form according to Figs. 6 to 11 inclusive, the display orcosmetic holding device is similar in construction to the form shown inFigs. 1 to 5 inclusive except that the cover ofthe latter has beenutilized, as shown in Figs. 6 to 11 inclusive, to support a relativelylarge flat mirror 50, a powder receptacle 5| and an electric batteryreceptacle 52. The cover also carries an arcuate highly polishedlongitudinally disposed reflector 53 in which is suitably sustained anelectric incandescent lamp 54. This lamp is electrically associated witha battery 55 disposed in the receptacle 52.

When the cover I2 is raised, the tray 32 is raised and tilted to exposethe articles carried by it. The lamp 54 is rendered effective uponcompletion of an electrical circuit common to the battery and lamp. Thisis accomplished by displacing the knurled insulated dog or switch member56 in the direction indicated by the arrow (see Fig. 8). mounted andguarded in a slot 51 of the cover 58 of the battery receptacle 52 andincludes a conducting extension or cam 59. If displaced, cam 59 causesthe spring electrical contact 60 to engage terminal 6| of the battery 55consequently completing an electrical circuit for the lamp and thelatter lights up. The light rays emanating are widely dispersed by thecurved This dog is suitably slidablyreflector 53 and are directed on tothe mirror 58.

To cut out the lamp, the operator may conveniently move the switch in adirection counter to 75 the arrow, or the circuit may be automaticallydisabled in the closing of the cover for the display casing. For thispurpose, a block or wedge 62 is so situated and secured to the tray thatits inclined or beveled face 63 cooperates with the inclined or beveledface 64 of the switch 56 such that the latter is slidably displaced fordisabling of the electric circuit as is well understood.

The construction according to Figs. 6 to 11, may be convenientlyutilized as an article holding and display device or as a cosmeticholding device. In the latter case, the receptacle may be employed tostore such instrumentalitiesas powder, rouge, lip stick, etc. Thereceptacle 5| is provided with a suitably connected self closing hingedcover 65. Cover or closure 58 operates in a similar fashion.

With the form according to Figs. 12 to 15 inclusive, the cover isutilized to automatically tilt the pivotally connected tray 32 and alsoto extend beyond the limits of the casing, an article supportingslidable drawer or tray 19 when the cover is raised or when closed tolower the previously tilted tray and retract the slidable tray. To thisend, one of the swingable and pivoted ears or lugs 2| of the cover I2 isprovided with an inwardly projecting extension or cam 66 which operatesto vertically displace a pivoted or swingable actuating lever 61 havinga pin 68 disposed between the spaced posts 69 and of a horizontallyrockable lever ll suitably journalled or pivotally associated with theupstanding stud 72. A coiled spring I3, having one end held about afixed post 14 and another end anchored to lever H, encircles post 12 andnormally acts to urge lever H to assume the position indicated by thedash and dot lines in Fig. 13, that is, to hold drawer l9 retracted.

Lever H is provided with a forked or bifurcated end M having the spacedtines and 16 which straddle a pin ll projecting downwardly from thebottom wall 18 of a slidable drawer or tray, generally denoted 19. It isthus apparent that if, the cover [2 is raised, the article holding trayor drawer I9 is slidably moved forwardly or withdrawn as to overhang theforward wall of the casing II (see Fig. 12). The tray 32 is also tiltedor raised as in the case of the earlier described constructions in whichthe fixed pins 28 served as fulcrum means for the pivoted ears 2| and22. In the case of the embodiment of Figs. 12 to 15 inclusive, ears orlugs 2i and 22 of the cover l2 are fixedly secured by pins or studs 80to shafts as 8! which are rotatably mounted in spaced bearings as 82 and83 of the cover.

Each of the shafts 8| includes an offset crank or crank arm 84 and thesecranks project into arcuate openings as 89 of the spaced sides 90 and SIof a plate carriage 85 slidably guided between rear wall M of the casingand the upstanding block 86 secured to the Wall II. The plate carriage85 is provided with an offset depending lug 81 which cooperates with therear wall 88 of the drawer I9 when the latter is in a full closedposition to prevent withdrawal thereof unless the cover 12 is raised andif raised, cranks 84 lift plate 85 upwardly as to free offset lug 81from the wall 88. When the cover is actuated, cranks 84 ride in thearcuate slots 89 of the aforementioned forwardly projecting spaced sides90 and 9| of the plate carriage 85, that is to say, if the cover israised and subsequently closed, locking carriage 85 is reciprocated.

If the cover be lowered, tray 32 is lowered, that is, cam or lips 3|gradually and progressively move downwardly, causing the tray 32 toassume a horizontal position. In moving downwardly, the cam 66 is alsodisplaced and gradually frees lever 61, hence permitting the operationof the lever arm II to retract the drawer I9. Stated in another way whenthe cover I2 is closed both of the trays are brought withinthe casingand concealed.

As in the case of the form illustrated in Figs. 6 to 11 inclusive, thecover l2 shown in Figs. 12 to 15 inclusive is provided with an indirectilluminating system for the mirror 50 and also with appropriate cosmeticand'battery holding receptacles or compartments.

Many modifications of my, invention will be apparent to those skilled inthe art without departing therefrom or from the scope of theappendedclaims and since the foregoing has been given by way of example only forclearness and understanding of the principles underlying my invention,no unnecessary limitations should be inferred and/or understood and theappended claims should be construed as broadly as the state of the artpermits.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:- v -1. Ina device of the class described and in combination, a casing, a coverhingedly connected thereto, a mirror secured to an inside face of saidcover, light deflecting means carried by said cover, a lamp associatedwith said light deflecting means, switch means carried bysaid cover andelectrical circuit means connected to a source of energy and includingsaid switch means .and said lamp.

2. In a device of the class described and in combination, a casing, acover hingedly connected thereto, a mirror secured to an inner face ofsaid cover, light deflecting means carried by said said circuit toremove a source of potential from said lamp.

3. In a compact, the combination of, a casingQa cover hingedly connectedthereto, a mirror secured to an inner face of said cover, lightdeflecting means carried by said cover, a lamp for directing light raysto said light deflecting means, an electric circuit in which said lampis disposed,

circuit making and breaking means carried by said cover, an articlesupporting tray pivotally connected to said casing, cam means carried bysaid cover for raising one end of said tray above the elevation of saidcasing, said circuit making and breaking means being adapted to closesaid circuit and render said lamp incandescent and means for actuatingsaid circuit making and breaking means to open said circuit.

4. In a compact, the combination of, a casing, a cover hingedlyconnected thereto, a mirror secured to an inner face of said cover,light deflecting means, a lamp for directing light rays to said lightdeflecting means, an electric circuit in which said lamp is disposed, asource of potential disposed across said circuit, an article supportingtray having its forward portion pivotally connected to said casing, cammeans carried by said cover. for lifting the'rearwardportion of saidtray above the elevation of said casingupon raising of the forward partof said cover, a switch associated with said circuit, and means carriedby said tray for operating said switch to automatically open saidcircuit upon the closing of said cover.

5. In a display device, the combination of, a casing. a cover hingedlyconnected to said casing, a tray tiltably carried by said casing, adrawer slidably disposed within said casing, actuating means operativelyassociated with said drawer, and means operative upon lifting of thefront part of said cover for elevating the rear part of said tray andfor operating said actuating means to withdraw the major part ofsaiddrawer from said casing.

6. The display device according to claim 5 characterized in that therear part of said tray is lowered and said drawer is retracted upon theclosing of said cover.

7. In the device of the character described, a casing, a cover hingedthereto, crank means bodily movable with said cover, a carriagereciprocably actuated by said crank means, a drawer slidably associatedwith said casing and free of said carriage in the raised position ofsaid cover, actuating means operatively associated with said cover anddrawer, and cam means for operating said actuating means to extend themajor part of said drawer beyond the casing.

8. The device according to claim '7 wherein said carriage is providedwith a locking element cooperating With a wall of said drawer whenretracted to prevent withdrawal of said drawer when said cover is in aclosed position.

9. The device according to claim 7 wherein a tray is pivotally carriedby said casing and the cover includes cam means for tilting of said traywhen the cover is raised.

10. The device according to claim '7 wherein the cover includes a lightreflecting member indirectly illuminated.

11. In a device of the class described and in combination, a casing, acover hingedly connected to said casing, a mirror secured to an insideface of said cover, arcuate light deflecting means carried by saidcover, a lamp associated with said light deflecting means, slidableswitch means carried by said cover, electrical circuit means connectedto a source of potential, said switch means and said lamp, and anabutment disposed within said casing, said switch means adapted to bemanually actuated to close said circuit means to render said lampincandescent said abutment upon closing of said cover automaticallyactuating said switch means to remove said source of potential from saidcircuit means and open the latter.

12. In a display device, a casing, a slidable drawer mounted within saidcasing, a tray tiltably supported by said casing, a cover hinged to saidcasing and means operative upon pivotal rearward displacement of saidcover for simultaneously withdrawing said slidable drawer and elevatingthe rear portion of said tiltable tray.

13. In combination, a casing having a front and rear wall and spacedsides, fulcrum posts secured to said sides adjacent said front wall, acover hinged to the rear wall of said casing, an article holding trayhaving spaced sides including relatively elongated openings surroundingsaid posts and defining therewith means to guide the displacement ofsaid tray relative to said casing, and arms carried by said cover totilt said tray upon opening of said cover and to hold said traysubstantially horizontal in a closed position of said cover, saidopenings in a closed position of said cover being substantiallyhorizontal and having outer end walls cooperating with said posts toconstitute a pivotal connection to elevate the upper portion of saidtray upon raising of said cover, said posts and openings defining meanswhereby said tray may be bodily shifted along said posts to position theinner end walls of said openings against said posts for disposing theforward portion of said tray in spaced relation to said front wall ofthe casing, and said inner end walls of said openings and said postsdefining a pivotal connection permitting the upper part of said tray tobe swung rearwardly to arrange said forward part of said tray intoengagement with the front wall of said casing to hold said tray in atilted position in respect to said casing independent of said arms.

14. In combination, a casing having a front and rear wall and spacedsides, fulcrum means secured to said sides adjacent said front wall, acover hinged to the rear wall of said casing, an article holding trayhaving spaced sides including relatively elongated openings surroundingsaid posts and defining therewith means to guide the displacement ofsaid tray relative to said casing, and arms carried by said cover totilt said tray upon opening of said cover and to hold said traysubstantially horizontal in a closed position of said cover, saidopenings in a closed position of said cover being substantiallyhorizontal and having outer end walls cooperating with said posts toconstitute a pivotal connection to elevate the upper portion of saidtray upon raising of said cover, said posts and openings defining meanswhereby said tray may be bodily shifted along said posts to position theinner end walls of said openings against said posts for disposing theforward portion of said tray in spaced relation to said front wall ofthe casing, said inner end walls of said openings and said postsdefining a pivotal connection permitting the upper part of said tray tobe swung rearwardly to arrange said forward part of said tray intoengagement with the front wall of said casing to hold said tray in atilted position in respect to said casing independent of said arms, andsaid posts and inner end wall of said openings constituting means topermit the upper part of said tray to be swung forwardly whereby saidtray may be subsequently bodily and slidably raised to dispose the outerends of said openings against said posts.

HYMAN R. SEGAL.

